The Human Rights Law Centre has called for urgent reform to whistleblowing and secrecy laws, following the Albanese Government’s largely-positive response to an independent review of Australia’s general secrecy regime, accepting recommendations which will better protect whistleblowers and journalists. 

The Human Rights Law Centre is calling for the abolition of the Form 1 “protest permit” system after NSW Police arrested 170 people peacefully protesting the world’s largest coal port at Rising Tide in Newcastle over the weekend. 

The Human Rights Law Centre is urging Parliament not to pass the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2004, which would ban people under the age of 16 from using social media.

The Human Rights Law Centre will call for the Albanese Government to abandon its brutal deportation and surveillance laws, in evidence to a Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee inquiry this evening.  

The Human Rights Law Centre has welcomed the Albanese Government announcement of plans to introduce a digital duty of care for social media platforms.

A new joint report from the Human Rights Law Centre and the University of Melbourne: Prison to Deportation Pipeline has found that visa cancellations on ‘character grounds’ have increased tenfold in the last ten years.

The Human Rights Law Centre has strongly condemned the NSW Premier Chris Minns’ latest attempt to stifle peaceful protest. 

Civil society groups have welcomed the Albanese Government’s appointment of Chris Evans as Australia’s first national, independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner.

The Human Rights Law Centre will give evidence to a Senate Inquiry today calling for the Albanese Government to strengthen their Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill.

Transparency International Australia and the Human Rights Law Centre are calling on the Albanese Government implement the inquiry’s recommendations in full. 

The Human Rights Law Centre calls on the Albanese Government to urgently reform whistleblower protection laws, after the High Court of Australia declined to hear tax office whistleblower Richard Boyle’s appeal.

The High Court of Australia has today ruled that forcing people released from immigration detention to wear ankle bracelets and live under curfews is unconstitutional.